The college football picks and predictions for Week 14 are in, and among the games we forecast is the huge Alabama vs. Georgia game for the right to go to the BCS National Championship Game. Sporting News' Matt Hayes and Steve Greenberg offer their insight and analysis. (All games Saturday; rankings listed are BCS ones. All times ET)

College football picks: Aaron Murray is in full-concentration mode as Georgia gets ready to take on Alabama. (AP Photo)

Hayes: Alabama 27, Georgia 24: I want to pick the Dawgs, sonofagun, I really do. They’re hot, they’re motivated and they’re playing well on defense. Then I look at the body of work: two tough games; one a 28-point loss, the other an 8-point win with the benefit of six turnovers. The Tide ain’t turning it over six times.

Greenberg: Georgia 26, Bama 20: I don’t fully trust Aaron Murray vs. a top defense, but I love the fact he went into a media-free bunker in order to focus on delivering the performance of his life. (I suspect I’d feel differently about Murray’s media blow-off if I were covering this game.) And I think Jarvis Jones is capable of having an off-the-charts-great outing like the one South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney had last weekend at Clemson. Yes, I know the Tide o-line is great and all. Maybe Jones is just that much better.

Greenberg: K-State 35, Texas 31: I actually think this is going to be a tough one to win for the Wildcats. As good as they are and as focused as they typically are, I don’t see how their confidence wasn’t shaken somewhat by Baylor. Collin Klein also hasn’t played a Klein-like game since his "mystery" injury. But they’ll pull it out and all will be good — until they lose to Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl.

Hayes: Kansas State 38, Texas 24: I’m not going to say Horns Down, because if I say Horns Down, I’ll get an email from a 10-gallon hat telling me Horns Down is offensive, and if I don’t stop saying Horns Down, he’s going write my editor and tell him to tell me to stop saying Horns Down. OK, Horns are going down. How’s that?

Greenberg: Oklahoma 38, TCU 24: That win last week at Texas said more about the Longhorns than it did about the Horned Frogs. Gary Patterson is the man, but his team is young and inconsistent and just plain not good enough defensively to handle the way Landry Jones is playing. Next year—if Patterson stays (of course he will!)—could be a different story.

Greenberg: Nebraska 23, Wisconsin 20: Bret Bielema has been wondering aloud if he has enough pieces to finish close games in the fourth quarter. I'm wondering if Bielema has enough good coaching instincts to finish close games. The Badgers sure do some weird things down the stretch. P.S. Yes, of course this one’s going to overtime.

Hayes: Nebraska 26, Wisconsin 24: Let’s be brutally honest: once the SEC game ends around 7:45 p.m. ET and the field is set for the BCS National Championship Game. Who in their right mind watches this game? I mean, outside #B1G country. That’s what I thought. Carry on.

Greenberg: FSU 30, Georgia Tech 24: I can’t find much of anything good to say about either team. There wouldn’t seem to be any way FSU can lose to such a run-of-the-mill opponent with a BCS berth on the line, so I’m not going to make that pick. Will give me a good laugh if it happens, though.

Greenberg: Nevada 33, Boise State 31: It’s like 2010 all over again, except the Broncos are half the team they were then and, come to think of it, the Wolf Pack aren’t as good as they were, either. No Kellen Moore plus no Colin Kaepernick equals an even greater chance this game comes down to a kick—and a doink.

Hayes: Boise State 30, Nevada 27: This Boise State team is nowhere near the team from 2010, when kicker Kyle Brotzman missed two gimme-putt field goals to keep the Broncos from playing for it all. Or at least in the Rose Bowl. This one’s for The Brotz.

Hayes: Tulsa 36, UCF 30: I just like saying Blake Bortles. Say it with me, Steveo. Blake Bortles. I know you don’t know this, but he plays quarterback for UCF—and the Knights won’t be able to protect him to score enough. And you know what that means, right Steveo? A big, fat L. Sort of like your L to me in this year’s picks.

Greenberg: UCF 31, Tulsa 30: You don’t beat Blake what’s-his-face’s team two times in one season. Not on my watch.